(Daily News India)
1. KERALA’S CAPITAL THIRUVANANTHAPURAM RANKS BEST CITY IN URBAN
GOVERNANCE SURVEY
i. According to the 4th edition
of the Annual Survey of India’s City Systems 2016 by Bengaluru-based advocacy
group Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala has been ranked as the top Indian city to manage urban governance.
ii. Kerala has achieved the maximum
number of enrollment and registrations under the Goods and Services Tax regime
when compared to other states of India.The state has recorded nearly 60%
registration of an estimated 2.5 lakh traders in Kerala migrating to the new
platform.
iii. A business entity that is currently
registered under any of the existing tax regimes is compulsorily required to
enroll under GST law irrespective of the threshold limits.
iv. The existing threshold limit
specified by the GST council is 20 lakhs for all the states except for North Eastern
States where the limit is 10 lakhs.
2. 100 DISTRICTS IN INDIA DECLARED ODF UNDER SWACHH BHARAT
MISSION
i. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, has informed that the number of Open
Defecation Free districts in India has crossed 100, making it a milestone
achievement under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
ii. Over 1.7 lakh villages over the
country has also become ODF.
iii. Haryana Minister for Development
& Panchayats, and Agriculture, Shri O.P Dhankar declared that Haryana will
become an ODF State by November 2017.
iv. The announcement was made during
the launch of the week-long Swachh Shakti Saptah in Gurugram, Haryana by Shri
Tomar to highlight the role of women in Swachh Bharat Mission and to recognize
their leadership.
3. MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT OBSERVES SWACHHTA
PAKHWADA THROUGHOUT INDIA
i. The Ministry of Women & Child
Development is observing the Swachhta Pakhwada to raise awareness about Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan among women and children.
ii. The Swachhta Pakhwada is observed
by various Ministries of Government of India to achieve the goal of universal
sanitation, hygiene and ‘open defecation free’ India by 2019.
iii. Senior officials from the Ministry
and associated organisations travel across the country on these days and
conduct activities such as Swachhta Pledge, slogan writing and poster making
competition, street play, demonstration and sessions on health, hygiene and
sanitation for children, waste management etc.
iv. Special programmes for girl child
under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao would be undertaken.
4. MADHYA PRADESH PRESENTS 2017-18 BUDGET, ANNOUNCES DEENDAYAL
RASOI YOJNA FOR POOR
i. Jayant Malaiya, Madhya Pradesh
Finance Minister, presented Rs.1,85,564.27 cr Budget for 2017-2018 in the state
Assembly.
ii. The minister estimated the net
expenditure to be Rs 1,69,954.46 cr with a revenue surplus of Rs 4596.40 cr for
2017-18.
iii. The Government has proposed to
raise VAT on aviation turbine fuel sold for fuelling at Indore and Bhopal
airports from 4% to 25%.
iv. The Minister announced Deendayal
Rasoi Yojna and allocated a sum of Rs 10 cr for creating necessary
infrastructure to implement the scheme in order to provide food at subsided
rate to the poor in urban areas.
5. PM MODI ADDRESSES INTERNATIONAL YOGA FESTIVAL
i. PM Narendra Modi addressed
International Yoga Festival in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand via Video Conferencing
and voiced that there is ample substantiation that practicing ancient yoga to
keep the fight against stress and life-style related issues.
ii. The PM asserted that Yuga instills
togetherness & harmony through Yoga and termed perfect way to achieve not
only a healthy body, as well as produces disciplines among people and has the
strength to combat climate change.
iii. The PM also went on to emphasize
that Indian tradition not only puts on cleanliness of individuals but also on
his surroundings.
6. PAKISTAN DIPLOMAT SIAL ASSUMES OFFICE AS NEW SEC GEN OF SAARC
i. South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation has named Amjad Hussain B Sial, as secretary general with immediate
effect from March 1, 2017.
ii. Sial from Pakistan succeeds Nepal’s
Arjun Bahadur Thapa as the SAARC secretary general who was appointed the
Secretary-General in 2014.
iii. Prior to this appointment sial was
Special Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad, from
Pakistan Foreign Service.
7. NAVY SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES ANTI-SHIP MISSILE FROM KALVARI
SUBMARINE
i. The Indian navy successfully test-
fired indigenously built Kalvari class submarine, an anti-ship missile for the 1st
time, which reflects further bolstering India’s naval prowess.
ii. The weapon was fired from the 1st
vessel in the series of 6 Scorpene-class submarines and it successfully hit a
surface target during the trial in the Arabian Sea.
iii. Besides Indian Navy is among a
select few nations in the world to have anti-ship missile firing capability
from submarines.
8. AIFF APPOINTS LUIS NORTON DE MATOS NEW HEAD COACH OF INDIA
U-17 FOOTBALL TEAM
i. The All India Football Federation
appointed Portugal’s Luis Norton de Matos as the head coach of the India U-17
World Cup team for the forthcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017.
ii. De Matos will replace Nicolai Adam
who was forced to resign under controversial circumstances after a revolt from
the players.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WHO HAS BECOME NEW SECRETARY-GENERAL OF SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION?
a) Amjad
Hussain B Sial
b) Ahmed
Saleem
c) Abul
Ahsan
d) Arjun
Bahadur Thapa
Q2.
THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL YOGA FESTIVAL HAS STARTED IN WHICH STATE?
a) Jharkhand
b) Bihar
c)
Uttarakhand
d) Madhya
Pradesh
Q3.
WHICH INDIAN CITY HAS BEEN RANKED AS THE BEST CITY IN THE 4TH EDITION OF THE
ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDIA’S CITY SYSTEMS 2016 BY JANAAGRAHA CENTRE FOR CITIZENSHIP
AND DEMOCRACY?
a) Pune
b) New Delhi
c) Mumbai
d)
Thiruvananthapuram
Q4.
THE NATIONWIDE SWACHHTA PAKHWADA HAS BEEN ORGANIZED BY WHICH MINISTRY TO RAISE
AWARENESS ABOUT SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN?
a) Ministry
of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
b) Ministry
of Women & Child Development
c) Ministry
of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
d) Ministry
of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga
Q5.
WHICH STATE HAS EMERGED AS THE TOP MOST STATE TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX REGIME WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER STATES OF INDIA?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Assam
c) Kerala
d) Uttar
Pradesh
ANSWER:
1 - A 2 - C 3 - D 4
- B 5 - C
